Assistant Chef

Bupa; Sidcup; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

My Healthcare access

Annual healthcare allowance

Wagestream early wage access

28 days holiday

Sick pay scheme

Long service rewards

Free meal on shift

Pension plans

Parental leave

Menopause support

Gym discounts

Job summary

Bupa’s Abbotsleigh Mews Care Home in Sidcup is seeking an Assistant Chef to join our kitchen team. You’ll help create varied, nutritious menus for residents, using fresh ingredients and considering dietary needs.

This permanent role is 32 hours per week, including every Saturday and Sunday. You’ll train and support the kitchen team, ensure HACCP compliance, manage orders and deliveries, and contribute to a warm, home-like dining experience.

Qualifications

• Experience in a fresh food kitchen with hygiene certificates.
• Aim to deliver an excellent dining experience for residents.
• Willingness to adopt new ideas while maintaining high standards.

Responsibilities

• Using your passion for cooking and fresh ingredients to create varied and nutritional menus in line with dietary needs and preferences of our residents.
• Putting forward ideas to deliver an excellent dining experience, helping our residents to feel at home
• Training and managing the kitchen team in prepping, cooking and serving of food
• Adhering to COSHH and HACCP guidelines, company policies and procedures, budgets, managing orders and deliveries
• Catering for special events or seasonal activities, such as summer fetes, Christmas parties and birthdays (as required)

Skills

Passion for cooking

Fresh food kitchen

Hygiene certificates

Job description

Job Overview

Assistant Chef

Location: Abbotsleigh Mews Care Home, Old Farm Rd E, Sidcup DA15 8AY

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 32 hours per week including every Saturday and Sunday

Salary: £13.89 - £15.40 per hour depending on experience

CQC rating: Good

Carehome.co.uk rating: 9.6 / 10

About the Home

Abbotsleigh Mews is a purpose-built care home, welcoming those in need of nursing, residential and dementia care. Short stay, convalescence and palliative care also available. The home is arranged into different houses for different types of care and is surrounded by beautiful landscaped grounds. Residents also have a choice of lounge and dining areas, a sensory room and activities rooms. Registered nurses and well-trained care assistants know that it's important to create a friendly atmosphere at the home, giving all residents as much independence as possible, while also ensuring that they have all the care and help they require. Residents are served nutritious meals that are tailored to individual diet plans. Afternoon tea and fresh fruit platters are popular, as are homemade cakes. A versatile activities programme aims to help residents maintain their independence as long as possible. Residents can enjoy a wide range of hobbies, coffee mornings, outings, music and other games, arts and crafts as well as weekly visits from the neighbouring nursery and part of an ongoing initiative to help bring old and young people together.

Role Overview

We make health happen Here at Bupa we support those when they need it the most. Our care homes are dedicated to delivering person-centred care, supporting independence and honouring choice to help our residents live their best lives. Our fantastic Kitchen Team are the magic behind each delicious dish we serve our guests. They are passionate about all things food and take great pride in each dish they prepare. We are looking for an equally passionate Assistant Chef to join the team and help deliver an excellent dining experience for our residents. You'll help us make health happen by:

Key Responsibilities

• Using your passion for cooking and fresh ingredients to create varied and nutritional menus in line with dietary needs and preferences of our residents
• Putting forward ideas to deliver an excellent dining experience, helping our residents to feel at home
• Training and managing the kitchen team in prepping, cooking and serving of food
• Adhering to COSHH and HACCP guidelines, company policies and procedures, budgets, managing orders and deliveries
• Catering for special events or seasonal activities, such as summer fetes, Christmas parties and birthdays (as required)

Key Skills / Qualifications

• A passion for cooking with previous experience working in a fresh food kitchen and relevant hygiene certificates
• You want to create and deliver an excellent dining experience at each meal and make our residents feel at home
• Open to new ideas, you'll have an innovative approach to cooking whilst always adhering to high standards
• You’ll enjoy communicating with others and you'll cherish the little moments with our residents, sharing your love of food with them

Benefits

• My Healthcare - Free access to 24/7 support, advice, and treatment for a variety of health-related issues, including remote GP appointments, physiotherapy and mental health support
• Annual allowance which you can redeem against a menu of Bupa healthcare products, all to the approximate value of £350
• Wagestream - Have early access to up to 40% of your earned wages within minutes
• 28 days holiday
• We offer a sick pay scheme to our frontline teams, as an addition to statutory sick pay, to help provide some reassurance and financial support during longer absences.
• Long service - For every milestone at Bupa we will reward you with ecards, extra holidays and money!
• Free meal on every shift
• Interest-free annual travel loan to enable the purchase of public transport annual season tickets
• We offer a range of Bupa pension plans - find out more on our career site
• Parental leave - We have schemes for adoption, birth parents and co parents -find out more on our career site
• Menopause Plan - Specifically designed to empower women to seek advice, choose their treatment and take control of their health
• Access to discounts at a wide variety of gyms and fitness facilities across the UK

EEO / Diversity

Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We'll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.

That's why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

We champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve.

Additional Information

Time Type: Full time

Job Area: Care Home - Facilities & Home Support

Locations: Abbotsleigh Mews

We employ more than 80,000 people globally who are making this a reality. If you've got the belief, the drive and the talent to help us in our ambition then we’d like to hear from you. Wherever you work, one thing stands out about Bupa people. Our customers are our passion – they’re at the heart of our positively different culture of care. At Bupa you’ll be challenged, you’ll be encouraged to innovate, and collaborate with colleagues who are committed to delivering exceptional experiences. We trust, respect and consider everyone, knowing your difference will make the difference.